Palestinians in the Gaza Strip flee shelling by Israeli forces. Nearly 800 people have been killed in the offensive against Hamas militants that started Dec. 27.
GAZA, Jan 8 (Reuters) - Recovery teams ventured into battlegrounds of the Gaza Strip on Thursday to gather bodies from the rubble, and Hamas officials said the Palestinian death toll in Israel's 13-day-old offensive had risen to 765.Full Story Today, 08:07 | (Wire reports)
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey picked a new chief negotiator for its European Union bid, state news agency Anatolian said late on Thursday, as the country tries to revive its flagging accession process.Full StoryToday, 10:19
Ukraine's Foreign Ministry accused Russia of atempts to undermine its reputation as a gas transit route, and said the coutnry realizes its responsibility for undisrupted gas transit across its territory.Full Story Today, 09:57 | Interfax-Ukraine
MOSCOW/KIEV, Jan 9 (Reuters) - Europe on Friday looked for a swift restoration of gas supplies, after striking a deal with Moscow on monitoring gas shipments via Ukraine that have been halted by a rancorous pricing dispute with Kiev.Full Story Today, 01:10 | Reuters
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) -- The European Union said Thursday that gas supplies should restart after it struck a deal with Russia on supervising the flow of gas through Ukraine.Full Story Today, 01:05 | Associated Press
MOSCOW (AP) — Five months after Russia crushed the Georgian army in the foothills of the Caucasus, Moscow is once again embroiled in a conflict with a former Soviet neighbor: waging an economic war with Ukraine that has disrupted natural gas delivery across Europe.Full Story Yesterday, 23:57 | Associated Press
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) — The European Union says gas supplies should restart after it struck a deal with Russia on supervising the gas flow through Ukraine.Full Story Yesterday, 23:54 | Associated Press
BRUSSELS, Jan 8 (Reuters) - Russia has agreed the deployment of monitors to oversee gas supplies to the European Union via Ukraine, clearing the way for the resumption of gas supplies, the Czech EU presidency said in a statement on Thursday.Full Story Yesterday, 22:45 | Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President-elect Barack Obama on Thursday named four former Clinton administration officials to top defense positions, including former Pentagon comptroller William Lynn as deputy defense secretary.Full StoryYesterday, 22:40
NOVO-OGARYOVO, Russia (AP) -- Prime Minister Vladimir Putin accused the European Union of moving too slowly to help negotiate an end to the gas dispute between Russia and Ukraine, as a deal to dispatch EU pipeline monitors appeared to unravel Thursday.Full Story Yesterday, 22:37 | Associated Press
Brussels, January 8 (Interfax) - Ukraine and the European Commission have signed a letter to send European observers to monitor Russian gas transit through Ukraine.Full Story Yesterday, 21:58 | Interfax-UkraineArchive
Palestinians in the Gaza Strip flee shelling by Israeli forces. Nearly 800 people have been killed in the offensive against Hamas militants that started Dec. 27.
